The Plague

Black Death was a disease that hit Europe in 1346-1353. The disease is considered to be the most devastating plague in Europe of all time, with at least 75 million people deceased. Not only did the Black Death kill millions of people, but it also had many effects on Western Europe. The three most important effects the Black Death had on Western Europe were the Jews being blamed for the plague outbreak, relationships between the people and the Church changing, and the many advancements that were…

The Second World War (1939-1945)was very influential on all aspects of life in the whole world. Its influence was even greater on Europe. The effects of that war was not only economical, but it was also social and political. The war led to the emerge of many writers and movements like the feminist movement. We will start by mentioning the effects of the economical, social and political collapse in Europe. Before the war, Europe had a period of nineteen years of peace. The peace was not…

It is difficult to conceptualize how fast the 1920's changed society, technology, culture, and artistic values. The economy boomed grew to dizzying heights, people became rich, and buisnesses boomed! Unfortunately, not everyone was able to jump on the bandwagon of success and prosperity. Despite these positive changes of the Twenties, there were much more pressing matters and problems. These problems overall made the 1920's an awful time, so what made the Twenties such a rough time? The Spanish…

Assignment 1 1. An environmental problem that Ohio is currently facing and has dealt with for an extended period of time is the invasion of Emerald Ash Borer. The ash tree-killing insect was brought to the United States from Asia and has been recorded in the state since 2003. Ohio has over 3.8 billion ash trees and the pest is a severe threat to their livelihood. Emerald Ash Borer originally was observed near Toledo, but has expanded to nearly all four corners of the state. A quarantine was…

Plum Island Trip First of all, I decided to do this project because it included a trip to an island. My first thought was warm weather, the sun, the beach, and the ocean, but unfortunately we did this trip in a cold, dark and windy day. We spent most of our day at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, which is located along the northeast coast of Massachusetts. This refuge has it's history, it was established in 1941 for several reasons, which they are: to provide feeding, resting, and…

Columbus was a count of the crusading ambition of the Restoration age, a parson panhandler, whose diary were astonishing. He sailed west and How he did note vindicate it to the Acclimatize Indies, he did undertaking continents formerly unassimilable to the Europeans. The era to come put in an appearance and zooid succession revolutionized the savoir faire of Europeans, Asians, and Africans. Historians solicit to this encounter as the "Columbian Rotation." The Interchange impacted the aged and…

Jamestown was a very fun place filled with lots of problems. Colonist died because of disease, famine, and indians. They had moved to Jamestown to find a permanent settlement. They were very hopeful to find their first permanent settlement in Jamestown (Roden 49). A lot of colonist died because of disease and famine. A few of them were killed by indians. So there could have been many more reason to death besides just disease, famine, and indians. This is only a few ways how colonist died. At…

The most well known and famous battle of the Pequot War was that of the Mystic Fort Campaign, also known as the Massacre at Mystic. In May of 1637, English men from Windsor, Wethersfield, and Hartford, Massachusetts Bay soldiers, and Mohegan and Connecticut River Indian warriors joined together. With these Native and English troops allied together, there were over one hundred and fifty men, who would win sail to join with the Narragansett who had another two hundred men prepared to fight against…

In relation to what Brian S stated, I agree that the term “Calamitous”, used by Barbara Tucker to describe The Late Middle Ages, completely describes the events that took place due to a domino effect that occurred. During the beginning of the 13th century, warmer climate allowed the economy in Europe to thrive. But, the climate altered to colder, wetter weather. This “Little Ice Age” caused a huge decrease in food production as storms destroyed crops on which animals and people in Europe…

Jamestown is oftenly referred to as the first permanent English settlement in the New World in 1607. Although it was the first permanent settlement, it had numerous problems which almost ended the colony. The colonists of early Jamestown died because of the poor relations with the natives, the diseases, and starvation. To begin, the colonists were unable to survive because the native relations did not exist. The graph on document B shows the average rainfall of the region, and there appears to…